Oct 1, 2026 | Battery Technology, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy
For about fifteen years the cost of new solar and wind electricity fell almost every year. In 2025 it rose. BloombergNEF puts its global benchmark for utility solar up 6% and offshore wind up 12% over the year, and Lazard has the levelized cost of US solar up 18%. The...
Sep 15, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy
The levelized cost of energy, or LCOE, is a single number: a power plant’s total lifetime cost divided by the total electricity it produces over its life, usually quoted in dollars per megawatt-hour. It is the most-cited figure in energy — and the most misused....
Aug 15, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
A peaker plant is a power station built to sit idle. It earns its keep by running a few hours a year, on the evenings when demand spikes and everything cheaper is already maxed out — and that scarcity is exactly why it produces the most expensive electricity on the...
